The All Star break is always an exciting time in baseball especially when you get to cheer for your favorite players. For me, it is very exciting to be able to watch Justin Verlander, Miguel Cabrera and Jose Valverde take the field this year in the 2010 MLB All-Star game. In baseball though, we have a rare situation where the Home Run Derby is arguably more entertaining than the All-Star game. This year we might be able to see the eyes of the rest of the country opened up to one of our hidden secrets in Detroit. This is going to be a rare opportunity for all of us because batting practice in Detroit is usually closed to the public. Dave Dombrowski believes that it is distracting to the players to have the fans around for their batting practice. After hearing the words that Miguel spoke about taking batting practice on the road, I now believe this to be true. If Miguel Cabrera is smashing homeruns on the road because of an audience then I can only imagine the batting practice homeruns he would hit with an audience at home. Luckily for Dave Dombrowski, Miguel Cabrera cannot see the faces of the fans peeking through the green bars in the fence outside of Comerica. Although no one is allowed in the stadium during the batting practice, we have found our one or two spots where we can still catch a glimpse of our home stars taking BP.
Detroit is only a half game out of first place in the Central Division in a race that will always change hands between the Tigers, Twins and White Sox. Miguel Cabrera is only 2 Homeruns away from being in place to be a Triple Crown winner. This is one of those rare feats in baseball that is even rarer than the perfect game Armando Galarraga was denied this year. The exclusive crown has had only 16 winners and has had players like Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Lou Gehrig. Miguel Cabrera would only be the second Tigers to with this award with the other being Ty Cobb back in 1909.
Miguel Cabrera is already talked about in the National league like Albert Pujols is talked about in the American league and after tonight we might get some people in the American league talking about him too. I can only imagine the excitement in Anaheim tonight after a homerun.
-Michigan Sports Guy
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